PETALING JAYA: The Women’s Institute of Management has urged Putrajaya to swiftly help women who have been retrenched following a report that women workers are affected the most by the Covid-19 pandemic.Commenting on Puteri Umno’s call for the government to safeguard the welfare of women since they accounted for 72.7% of those who lost their jobs, WIM chief executive Nellie Tan told FMT employers should also do their part by providing childcare at the workplace.
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress said while it detected a high rate of retrenchments among women, there was no discrimination involved.“While some layoffs and retrenchment were carried out unfairly, we did not detect a pattern of discrimination against women,” said its secretary-general J Solomon.
“We feel the human resources ministry needs to give special focus to single income earners, including single mothers in ensuring they do not get retrenched.”Academy of Sciences Malaysia fellow Madeline Berma said although the Malaysia Gender Gap Index had shown a narrower gender gap, inequality in unemployment was of concern.
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